- Joined
- Jun 24, 2009
- Messages
- 351
- Reaction score
- 21
- Location
- Thrapston Northamptonshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 40
I was taking off my OSR a couple of weeks ago and took a couple of brood frames out with a good bit of OSR in them.
I shook all the bees off the frames and stacked them up in my barn. Later I decapped the honey on the frames with a heat gun and decapping tool.
Then span both sides out in my extractor.
Re-stacked the frames in the barn
Moved them next day and saw a bee on one of the frames...a queen had hatched from one of the brood frames.
Put it in with a Q- hive in cage for a while let it out about 6 hrs later.
Checked hive Saturday morning and she is laying like mad.....
Do you think I should breed from her as she must be tough as old boots....
I shook all the bees off the frames and stacked them up in my barn. Later I decapped the honey on the frames with a heat gun and decapping tool.
Then span both sides out in my extractor.
Re-stacked the frames in the barn
Moved them next day and saw a bee on one of the frames...a queen had hatched from one of the brood frames.
Put it in with a Q- hive in cage for a while let it out about 6 hrs later.
Checked hive Saturday morning and she is laying like mad.....
Do you think I should breed from her as she must be tough as old boots....
